TV Ratings Saturday: ‘Saturday Night Live’ rises, ABC leads primetime

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Note: Live sports broadcasts on ABC and FOX may result in greater adjustments than usual in the final ratings.

The numbers for Saturday:

Time

Show

Adults 18-49 rating/share

Viewers (millions)

8 p.m.

Saturday Night College Football (ABC) (8-11 p.m.)

1.0/4

3.39

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – R

0.4/2

3.46

Will & Grace (NBC) – R

0.4/2

1.93

FOX College Football (FOX) (8-11 p.m.)

0.4/2

1.39

8:30 p.m.

Superstore (NBC) – R

0.6/2

2.08

9 p.m.

Dateline (NBC)

0.6/2

2.62

48 Hours (CBS) – R

0.4/2

3.30

10 p.m.

48 Hours (CBS)

0.7/3

4.50

SNL Vintage (NBC)

0.6/3

2.71

“Saturday Night College Football” wasn’t nearly as big as it was last week for ABC, but it was big enough to lead the night’s primetime slate.

ABC’s coverage of UCLA vs. USC drew a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49 and 3.39 million viewers, pending updates for the live broadcast. CBS’ “48 Hours” had a better-than-average outing with a 0.7.

FOX’s primetime college football (Stanford-Cal) managed just a 0.4 and 1.39 million viewers.

Network averages:

ABC

NBC

CBS

FOX

Adults 18-49 rating/share

1.0/4

0.6/3

0.5/2

0.4/2

Total Viewers (millions)

3.39

2.45

3.75

1.39

“Saturday Night Live” was up week to week in adults 18-49. The episode, with host Chance the Rapper and musical guest Eminem, scored a 2.0 in the 18-49 demo in metered markets, up from 1.9 last week.

Its household rating and share (4.3/10) was even with a week ago.

Definitions:

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

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Posted by:Rick Porter

Rick Porter has been covering TV since the days when networks sent screeners on VHS, one of which was a teaser for the first season of "American Idol." He's left-handed, makes a very solid grilled cheese and has been editor of TV by the Numbers since October 2015. He lives in Austin.